Shelf-facing



' SHELF-FACING. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, I919;

' Patented June 22, 1920.

5 HARDWARE DEFT.

(UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. E. DAVIS, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE a citizen of the United States, residlng atMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inShelf-Facings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a shelf facing adapted'tobe produced by suitable wood-working tools, from a,fiatsided blank stripwhich is oblong in' cross zontal shelf as an ornamental finishtheresection, the completed facing being adapted tobe attached to theouter edge ofa horifor, and also adapted to releasably hold a labeldesignating the goods stored on the shelf.

ig. 2 is a section on line '2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fi 3 is an enlarged section of the facing,

' showing the manner of engaging the label i I the same parts in outer.therewith.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to, Fig. 3, showing the label engaged with thefacing.

The same reference characters indicate all of the figures. Commencingwith a flat-sided wooden strip or blank of indeterminate length, andoblong in cross section, I form in one side of the strip a recessextending from end to end of the strip, defining the outer face 13 ofthe completed shelf facing, the inner sides of two longitudinal spaced aart parallel beads 14, projectin outwar ly from the face 13, said outerace and beads extendin from end to endof the strip. The face 13 isnarrower than the inner face 15, the latter occupying the so that it isada ted tobe seated on t e outer edge of a shelf 16. The up er and loweredge faces 17 of the facing orm the outer sides of the'beads 14.

In formiiig the recess, I longitudinally slot the strip to under cut thebeads 14 and i form grooves 18 having inner sides which Specification ofLetters Patent.

H. E. Davis,

entire Patented June 22, 1920.

Application filed November 20, 1919. Serial No. 839,259.

overhang the edge portions of the face '13, said inner and outer sidesmeeting to form the-bottoms of the grooves.

The inner face 15 of the shelf facing thus formed is seated on the outeredge of the shelf and secured thereto by suitable means, such as glueand brads 19, the width of the inner face 15 being preferably equaltothe thickness of the shelf, so that the upper and lower edges of theshelf facing are flush with the upper and lower sides of the shelf.

21 represents a flexible rectangular label, which may be of relativelother suitable material. he label is engageable with the shelf facing byfirst inserting one edge of the label in one; of the grooves 18, as-shown by Fi 3, and then exerting inward pressure on .t e label to flexthe same, and at the same time force its 0pposite edge into the othergroove, as shown by Fi 4. The label is flat when engaged with t efacing.

I prefer to recess the outer face 13 by making the same'slightly concavein cross section, as shown b Figs. 2, 8, and 4 so that a crevice 22 isormed between the ace 13 and the inner side of the label 21, as shown byFig. 4, said crevice communicating with the space between the beads 14.This crevice enables a knife blade, or other device, inserted in saidspace, to be inserted stiff paper, or

between the label and the outer face 13, for

. the purpose of removing the label, by exertalso. constitutes aneat-and desirable finish for the shelf. V

I claim:

1.. As an article of manufacture a shelf facing composed of a stripcorresponding in width to the thic ess of a shelf, and having a fiatrelatively wide inner side face formed to be seated on the outeredge ofthe shelf, longitudinal parallel beads formed on the outer side of thestrip, and extending from end to end of the strlp, and a relativelynarrow outer face between said beads, andextending from end to end ofthe strip, the beads being undercut and intersecting the oppositeedgesof said outer face .to'form grooves adaptedto receive the opposite edgesof a flexible rectangular one-piece e on ted label, and 'releasablyconfine the label in a flat form between said beads.

2. As an article of manufacture, a shelf facing composed of a one-pieceelongated strip corresponding in width to the thickness of a shelf, andhaving a fiat relatively wide inner side face formed to be seated on theouter edge of the shelf, longitudinal parallel beads formed on the outerside of the strip, and extending from end to end of the strip, and arelatively narrow outer face between said beads, and extending from endto end of the strip,

cut and intersecting the opposite edges of beads so that, a tool thebeads being under-' said outerface to form grooves adapted to receivethe opposite edges of a flexible rectangular label, and releasablyconfine the label in a flat form between said beads, said outer facebeing recessed to form a removing-tool-receiving crevice between theback of the label and said-outer face, said crevice communicating withthe space between the inserted in said space Ina enter said crevice.

n testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

GEORGE H. E. DAVIS.

